popular for her beauty. Chihiro is also hinted as being smart and good at fighting as well. Throughout the story, she is always described as selfless and kind. Although Chihiro is observant and sharp, she is slow at her own matters and didn't realize Shinobu's feelings for her at first. Chihiro is the manager of the basketball team, but her interest in the sport dates to before that — she used to play basketball and wanted to become a professional until she was injured during a competition that prevented her from pursuing her dream. Although Chihiro loves Hikaru, she begins to develop feelings for Shinobu as well. She was originally going to attend Kaijō High School with Shinobu, but after observing Hikaru's pent-up suffering without Sayaka, she decided to stay with him instead. To this day, she continues to blame herself for hurting Shinobu deeply. When Sayaka re-enters their lives, Chihiro gives up on her love with Hikaru after he rejects her confession. After several incidents involving her reunion with Shinobu, Chihiro finally realizes that she has unconsciously fallen in love with Shinobu and only notices that now. After the tournament, Chihiro chases after Shinobu, takes the initiative and kisses him, saying that she loves him and promises to love him one hundred times more than he loves her. She swears to herself that she'll spend the rest of her life making him happy. They finally officially go out with each other after two years of one-side love and separation. By age 23, she becomes a middle school teacher and marries Shinobu. A year later, she gives birth to a son named Hiromu. Secondary characters Erika is a famous actress and is also a prodigy in acting. She develops an unreciprocated crush on Hikaru. She eventually gives up on him once she comes to understand his and Sakaya's feelings. In the final chapter, she has a daughter named Sakura. Haruka is Erika's little brother and becomes a freshman at Hikaru and Chihiro's high school. He is often mistaken as a girl due to his androgynous good looks and falls in love with Chihiro, as she is the first person to tell that he is, in fact, a male. He joins the basketball club only because she is the manager of the team. Haruka feels threatened by Shinobu's presence since he used to date Chihiro and dislikes him for the way